CHAIRMAN
The Baroness Deech DBE, Hon LLD
Independent Adjudicator for Higher Education

RAPPORTEUR
Professor Francis Robinson CBE
Royal Holloway, University of London

UK ADVISOR TO THE 2007 COLLOQUIUM

Professor Muhammad Anwar OBE
Centre of Research in Ethnic Relations, University of Warwick


CANADIAN ADVISOR TO THE 2007 COLLOQUIUM

Professor Robert Wolfe
School of Policy Studies, Queen’s University


SPEAKER: CIVIC DINNER 15 NOVEMBER

Councillor Alan Rudge
Cabinet Member, Equalities and Human Resources, Birmingham City Council.

SPEAKER: COLLOQUIUM DINNER 16 NOVEMBER

Hon. Jason Kenney, PC, MP
MP (Calgary South): Secretary of State for Multiculturalism and Canadian Identity.



BRITiSH SPEAKERS ( in order of presentation)

Ms Sukhvinder Stubbs
Chief Executive of the Barrow Cadbury Trust

Mr Robert Whalley CB
Consultant Senior Fellow, International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS)

Professor Tariq Ramadan
Oxford University

Mr Trevor Phillips OBE
Chair, Equality and Human Rights Commission

His Honour Judge Mota Singh QC (Retd.)

Professor Mona Siddiqui FRSE, FRSA
Glasgow University


CANADIAN SPEAKERS ( in order of presentation )

Professor Keith Banting CM
School of Policy Studies, Queen’s University

Mr Jim Judd,
Director, Canadian Security and Intelligence Service

Professor Denise Helly
Institut national de recherche scientifique, Montréal

Professor Robert Wolfe
Queen’s University

Hon. Marion Boyd,
Former Attorney- General of Ontario, Bencher of the Law Society of Upper Canada

Hon. Senator Mobina Jaffer
Senate of Canada (Representing the Province of British Columbia)


OTHER BRITISH PARTICIPANTS

Mr Maqsood Ahmed OBE
Adviser on Muslim Communities, Department for Communities and Local Government

Ms Yasmin Alibhai-Brown
Newspaper columnist (The Independent and Evening Standard)

Dr M Mashuq Ally
Head of Equalities & Diversity, Birmingham City Council

Deputy Chief Constable Rob Beckley
Avon & Somerset Constabulary

Ms Rachel Briggs
Head of Identity Programme, DEMOS

Sir Andrew Burns KCMG
Hon. President, Canada-UK Colloquia

Mr Anthony Cary CMG
British High Commissioner to Canada

Mr Peter J Chenery
Director, The Royal Anniversary Trust and Treasurer Canada-UK Colloquia


Ms Judith Denwood
Head of Canada Section, North America Team, Foreign & Commonwealth Office

Mr George Edmonds-Brown
Executive Secretary Canada-UK Colloquia

Mr David Goodhart
Editor, Prospect magazine

Mr Ed Husain
PhD candidate at SOAS, University of London. Author of The Islamist.

Ms Sarah Joseph
Editor of EMEL

Mr Tony Heal
Deputy Head of PREVENT Section, Office of Security and Counter Terrorism, The Home Office.

Dr Steve Hewitt
Birmingham University

Mr Nicolas Maclean CMG
Senior Adviser, St Francis Xavier Sixth Form College, Balham

Mr Rob Marris MP
Member of Parliament for Wolverhampton South West

Ms Narzanin Massoumi
University of Bristol

Mr Carl Morris
Cardiff University

The Baroness Neuberger DBE
Life peer (Liberal Democrat), Prime Minister’s Champion on Volunteering, Chair of the Independent Commission on the Future of Volunteering.

Mr Philip Peacock
Chairman Canada-UK Colloquia

Mr Rhydian Phillips
EWIG, FCO

Professor Itesh Sachdev
School of Oriental & African Studies, University of London

Dr Farouk Walji
Chairman Newton Preparatory School


OTHER CANADIAN PARTICIPANTS

Ms Naomi Alboim
Maytree Foundation

Ms Mira Bachvarova
Doctoral Candidate, Political Studies, Queen's University

Hon. Rev. William Alexander Blaikie MP
MP (Elmwood-Transcona)

Mr Malcolm Brown
Senior Assistant Deputy Minister, Strategic Policy and Research, Human Resources and Social Development Canada

Mr Mel Cappe,
President Institute for Research on Public Policy and Chair of Canada-UK colloquium advisory committee

Mr Murray Coolican
Former Vice-President, Manulife Financial

Mr Robert Fry
Minister Counsellor (Political Affairs and Public Diplomacy), Canadian High Commission

Ms Diane Fulford
Assistant Deputy Minister, Canadian Heritage

Ms Katherine Hewson
Assistant Deputy Minister, Ontario Ministry of Citizenship and Immigration

Hon. Rahim Jaffer MP,
MP (Edmonton-Strathcona)

Ms Marina Jiménez
Toronto Globe and Mail

Mr M. Ali Lakhani
Barrister and Solicitor and Founder Editor of Sacred Web: Journal of Tradition and Modernity

Professeure Marie McAndrew
Chaire de recherche du Canada sur l’Éducation et les rapports ethniques, Université de Montréal

Mr Thomas McMorrow
Doctoral Candidate, Faculty of Law, McGill University

Ms Erica Maidment,
MPA/LLB candidate, School of Policy Studies, Queen’s University

Ms Christine Nassrallah
Deputy Director General, Multiculturalism and Human Rights, Canadian Heritage

Mr Robert Orr
Minister (Immigration), Canadian High Commission

Dr Victor Rabinovitch
President, Canadian Museum of Civilization

Mr Robert Richard
Deputy Director, Western Europe Division, Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada

Ms Rosanna Scotti
Director, Strategies & Corporate Policy, City of Toronto

Professor Arthur Sweetman
Director, School of Policy Studies, Queen's University

Professor Shauna Van Praagh
Associate Dean of Graduate Studies, Faculty of Law, McGill University

Mr Jim Wright
High Commissioner for Canada, London